The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 27th November 2006

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th November 2006. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Weary, far-out traveller
AAcross 9:	At home, yet not at home, to some extent
AAcross 10:	An almost perfect concept
AAcross 11:	Equip old fellow with weapons for the final battle
AAcross 12:	Fondle - maybe embrace
AAcross 14:	Hamper holding spare garments
AAcross 15:	Chock-full, but eccentric peer allowed in
AAcross 17:	Hideous, sprawled in his gore
AAcross 20:	A self-effacing action?
AAcross 22:	Made tea for the family, say
AAcross 23:	Kind of milk no longer to be seen?
AAcross 24:	Hearing of Troy's fall, she took no action
AAcross 25:	Meeting that raises the spirits
AAcross 26:	Insisted upon or abandoned?	LAIDDOWN
DDown 1:	A hostile measure
DDown 2:	Who ditched England and Wales of all football clubs?	OFFA
DDown 3:	Make a mistake with the charge
DDown 4:	Surrounded by dirt, a number look disgusted
DDown 5:	The sort of contest that goes on in the ring
DDown 5:	The sort of contest that goes on in the ring
DDown 6:	It's bad luck if you prefer Brie
DDown 7:	Make slow progress without swimsuit in the pool
DDown 13:	A well-supplied business organisation
DDown 16:	There is nothing amiss in such speculations
DDown 18:	Don swept out when made to resign
DDown 19:	A payout in Washington?
DDown 21:	Resented having to struggle in the final stage
DDown 22:	Such a means to an end barely contemplated by Hamlet
DDown 24:	One assumes them to be failures